General Motors has agreed to pay to repair the fuel gauges in several GM SUVs, following a defect investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Over time, the contacts in the fuel-level sensor could wear and cause an incorrect reading on the gas gauge.

The issue affects the 2005-2007 Buick Rainier, 2005-2006 Chevrolet SSR, 2005-2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer, 2005-2007 GMC Envoy, and 2005-2007 Saab 9-7. GM says 867,335 vehicles are potentially affected.NHTSA first opened an investigation into this issue in April 2011 after receiving over 5000 reports of incorrect fuel level readings, which could lead drivers to inadvertently run out of fuel. There were 58 reported cases of engine stalling due to low fuel levels.

GM dealerships will notify owners that, if they have a problem with faulty fuel gauges, the sensor will be replaced and GM will pay half of the repair cost. The company also will reimburse owners who previously paid to have the issue repaired.Sources: Detroit Free Press, NHTSA

My Gmc Envoy gas gauge just went up for the third time. The first time the car was still under warranty, the second time I paid to have it fixed. Now my Envoy has 148,000 miles and it broke for the third time. I may just get rid of it at this point. It is a shame the car still looks and runs good But the air doesn't get cold, the four wheel drive doesn't work, stereo has issues and now the gauges are going up again.

I just bought a 2005 Envoy with the Fuel sender problem. 160,000 miles. You can buy just the sending unit w/o the fuel pump, but why not replace both while you're at it. You can buy the complete assy. for $84.50 + free shipping out of Miami - I just did. Name of the Co. is Global Automotive - Phone #: 305-232-3433. Also on ebay. Lifetime warranty if a certified mechanic installs it. This will absolutely resolve the low fuel light problem. I also had to have a little "stepper motor" (white - size of a quarter) installed ($150 for all) and he installed 4 of them, as all of the gauges use them, including the speedo. If any of the gauges get eratic, they need them. He offered a lifetime warranty also. You can buy the stepper motors package - either 4 motors or 6 with the tiny lightbulbs thrown in, for between $19 AND $24 on ebay with complete instructions. The combination of the stepper motors and the fuel pump assy. cured the problem(s) completely. If you are handy, you can do the fix for $110.00 + labor.

I hope that this will help some of you.

p.s. I am going to buy a new sending unit and install it on my old fuel pump assy., and keep it as a spare, just in case. jamac47a@aol.com

2005 ssr chev. early 2014 ignition shut-down I95 nyc ny at 60mph lucked out was able to coast to service ROAD had chevy repair but took 2 weeks before I got a response from dealership on repair an the only repair made was replaced entire wiring connection block pile-up - engine compartment at the cost of ,an this is good. $1400.00 this TRUCK IS A FANCY PICKUP BASE ON THEIR STANDARD FRAME AN EQUIPMENT EXCEPT FOR THE LS2 ETC. ALSO NOTE THEY RETURNED VEHICLE AN SAID I NOW NEED A $3700.00 OVER-HAUL ON THE 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANNY . I HAD NO PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION UNTIL I LEFT IT WITH NEW ROCHELLE CHEVROLET FOR 2 WEEKS ON THEIR LOT NOTE -40,000 MILES ON THIS VEHICLE GREAT CARE. . ANY INPUT ON THIS MATTER APPRECIATED ---angelo1282@verizon.net

As of today 4/29/2014 when i took my Tblaze in, they had shown me an "effective immediately" 100% parts and labor coverage for less than 10yrs old with less than 120k miles. They are repairing it for free now.

I have a 2005 Trailblazer. In 2007 I went to my dealer with a fuel gauge in op.. I had 36,800 in miles. They

told me I was out of warrentee. It was 600.00 in repairs. My speedometer went at about 45,000. That was about 500.00. GM apparently new all about these problems. I will see if there is anything I could do to get reimbursed. I now have over 150,000 miles. GM learns by their mistakes. We pay for their mistakes. 4.2L motor is worse on gas than the 5.2L. P/S My speedo cluster went again. I just except that I am doing 110 MPH when I am really doing 30 MPH P/SS Anyone saying the fuel gauge in op is not life threatening, does not have a 20 year old daughter driving from home to Penn State campus to home. About 4 hour drive

I just went to the local GMC dealer with my recall letter in hand and showed to the service rep. They accepted my vehicle a 2005 Envoy XL. The Vehicle has 88, 162 miles on it. There was no problem until I got a phone call stating the whole instrument cluster had to be replaced as my gas gauge and speedometer were malfunctioning. I was quoted a figure of about 500-600 dollars for the repair. Not once did the professionals remark about the fuel sensor being faulty. I'm no mechanic, however, I know that the gas tank must be dropped and the sensor repaired, I may be wrong, it could be a combination of both. I am going to speak to the service manager to see if they refuse to honor the letter from GM. Then I will speak to my mechanic, who hates GM cars by the way, and ask him to repair my vehicle if I don't get satisfaction from my local dealer. They must realize that GM used faulty or "leftover parts" when building these vehicles to save money in production yet attempting to get sales up. I will get my mechanic's opinion and have him compensated for his work and go on-line and get the instrument clusters that my car may need if he says that's the problem. I will submit the letter for reimbursement along with the repairs to GM when finished.

Just remembered another issue some of you may be experiencing. If your entire instrument panel starts going out or has gone out that too is a issue with faulty parts knowingly by GM.

Its a GM speedometer recall , so-called. I never received a letter for it , but complained about it when I took my Envoy in trying to get the fuel sensor replaced, being that I have been driving without a working speedometer as long as I have without a gas gauge, they did okay replacing the entire instrument panel , Which DID NOT include ,amazingly enough the Fuel sensor.

I read where they were suppose to replace the instrument panel at NO charge yet I was charged 110.00 for labor.

Then told I would have to pay the full cost of the fuel sensor ,(which I had the letter for) because I was simply over the mileage and that would cost me 475.77.

WOW , Yes GM let me bend over and pay you 475.77 for your knowingly faulty part to be repaired that went out on me at 48,000 miles!

GM you can kiss my big fat booty ..you are scammers!! make money on your customers with bad parts and ask us to pay again! WOW.

Sorry , but who ever wrote the above article that GM will replace your fuel sensor certainly doesn't have this issue and has given it a try.

GM will not replace more then half the cars with this problem , simply because they were allowed to write in the 120,000 cap.

Most of us that have this issue have had it well before the 120,000. Such as myself I have written formal documentation stating mine went out 48,000. I sent complaints a few years ago when they sent out the first letter stating they would pay half ..Unbelievable , why should we pay half of their faulty part. once again The big corporate find ways to legally bend us over and stick it to us. We are being bullied by the large corporate who can knowingly have faulty parts put in the vehicles and then wait 6-7 years to do something about it , then legally place a mileage/time frame on it thus getting away with ripping us off and not taking responsibility for their issue.

And to think this is NOT considered a safety issue is Ignorance all in it self. Anyone run out of gas doing 70 on a freeway..well I ran out twice almost getting hit both times. Thank God I wasn't doing 70 on a crowded freeway. I see HUGE lawsuit in the making when that happens.

If you read the last letter they just sent 3rd paragraph down it states: If this condition OCCURS on your vehicle within 10 years of the date your vehicle was originally placed in service or 120,000 miles, whichever Occurs first, the condition will be repaired for you at NO CHARGE.

Well mine and 99.9% of the vehicles had it OCCUR within and under the 120,000. I even have proof of that with mine , yet they still have found a way to dis-regard what they have written in their own letter and REFUSE to cover and repair my Fuel sensor, simply because now 6 years later I'm over the 120,000.

What a scam ..Legal Scammers !!!

Shame Shame Shame on you GM.. And SHAME on the NHTSA, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for allowing them to get away with this!

I pray no one gets killed over their faulty sensor, because GM is allowed to bend us over and stick it to us!

I have been calling GM customer service about this problem for over 3 years now. I am done calling and expecting them to fix the problem. I have created an email account to hear from other people who have this problem. It is time we gathered together and started holding GM legally responsible for this problem. I am looking for lawyers and plaintiffs in pursuit of a Class Action Lawsuit against GM for this massive failure of quality control. Message me if you want to participate or even just share your story.

So after calling the dealership today I was informed that since my car is over the 120k mileage mark that I can't get the sensor replaced at no charge. I'm at 124k mind you and the letter i got said 10 years or 120k miles. MY GAUGE HASN'T WORKED FOR THE PAST 50k miles at least! So "am I just screwed now?" I asked them, and in a roundabout way they said yes. I don't care what anyone says, not knowing how much gas you have is DANGEROUS. I've ran out on countless occasions over the past few years in bad spots and have refused to pay ANY amount of money for the repair cause it's obviously a defect on their part and THEY KNOW IT! They're mailing letters admitting it! They just decided to conveniently cover the cost of repair 100% now when most of these vehicles are, from what they said, and i quote "PAST THE VEHICLES LIFE SPAN". So I just paid this thing off and now it's past it's life span?!?! F'in GREAT! Waiting to hear back from GM on my "case" by the end of the week, until then I'm venting here on the internet. If I don't hear anything good by the end of the week I guess I'll be trading it in for a foreign car :(

Y'all know that the fuel sender is part of the Fuel PUMP that isn't made by the Auto manufacturer....right? Fuel Pump/Filter and Sender are all one unit that sits inside the Tank. You can get a good one for about $200. Installs in about an hour...and y'all will be right as rain. Two bolts....two hoses....one evap host. Lower the tank...disconnect the fuel line (squeeze plastic retainer) and pull the tank out. Unscrew ring....put new pump in....screw in ring and reverse. Beats driving around with a busted gauge.

I had my 2005 Envoy fuel sensor repaired in July 2013, and was charged half, GM was paying the other half. Today, 8/10/2013, I received a check in the mail from the dealership that sold me the car and did the repair, for the $140 I had paid. Yeah, it was a nice surprise. There was no explanation in the envelope, just a check reimbursing me for my half. They must really want a good response on the survey I was asked to fill out. Although, I still think it should have been covered 100% to begin with.

I have recently spent a "small fortune" to get my 2005 GMC Envoy repaired re: fuel line, fuel gauge, etc. Just learned there might be some reimbursement from GM ... Would like to know where to go from here.

My fuel gauge and oil pressure gauge does not work. I also have other electrical issues, my car will stall from time to time as well. I went to Chevrolet and they wanted to charge me $115 just to look at it. I have a 2005 trail blazer. Can any one help me wigthese issues

If this is a recall because of your faulty equipment why should I. pay half the bill for your problem, Hell..I bought the vehicle from you you have profited off of me... I will take my vehicle to have it repaired and you (GMC) will pay 100% of this....Point blank

I own a 2006 Buick Rainier. Recently my gas gauge began to go up & down erratically until it rarely moves at all now. I spoke with a GM Dealership several weeks ago and was told it will cost me about $1000 to have repaired. They never mentioned a known problem or a 50% recall. I have not received anything regarding this issue from GM either. Is GM still paying the 50%?

I previously owned a 2003 Chevy trailblazer and it was our first time owning a Chevy. So in April 2011 after having a rollover accident from hitting a deer and totalling the vehicle i decided to purchase another Trailblazer, this time a 2007. Then not having the vehicle even a year we get a letter informing us of a problem with the fuel level sensor and the offer by GM to pay half the labor cost of the repair.Well we've started having problems with the fuel level sesor as they stated and my issue with this is why should anyone who purchases one of GM's vehicles have to pay anything on the repair? After all it's a mistake that was made by your company in the building of the vehicle, and you're making the customer pay for your mistakes. I don't think this is right and i'm sure i'm not the only one that feels this way, especially if this has happened to them. It might be a good idea to start a class action suit aginst GM because as i see it we (the customers) are getting ripped off!

We bought 2 Chevroloet Vehicles (2009 Impala and 2006 Trailblazer) brand new and we have been having problems with the gas gauge on the trailblazer and sensors and the sensors keep going off on the impala.We have never gotten a letter on the fuel gauge. We advise no one to buy a Chevy because they are a piece of crap. We've had to repair alot of things on both vehicles and they are still not fixed. When we fix one problem something else happens so we will not be buying another Chevy at.We will take our business elsewhere.I have never had so many problems as we've had on these 2 vehicles.

My 2005 Chevy Trailblazer has a fuel gauge problem. I never know how much gas I have in it now. It started doing this over the summer and I was told it would cost around $300 to repair (not $75 as insinuated by Chevy fan unless you are capable of repairing it yourself. The position that GMC placed the fuel gauge is not easily accessible so the time and labor are costly.) Unfortunate but not surprising, I was never sent any such letter telling me that GMC was acknowledging the problem and would pay half, but do receive other regular notification from them on other things. I agree that only paying half of the cost is pretty pathetic on their part. This is a stingy way to do business and does not leave me with any warm fuzzy feelings toward GMC. I am definately not going to be a repeat customer. I want to support and buy American made products, but if our country does not wake up and start putting quality back into our companies products and integrity back into how they do business. I will have no choice but to go elsewhere. Who wants to buy products that are seemingly made with built-in self destruct modes?

I'm so upset with chevy, if you know there is a problem with the fuel gauge that you installed in your vehicles you would think that you would have the decency to pay for the whole cost of the recall not just half, that just tells me that you only care half way about your customers, and that you only do a half ass job. Just saying.

ADDENDUM MY 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA HAS 59,000 MILES WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO MY ONCE BEAUTIFUL CAR , I AM THOROUGHLY DISAPPOINTED WITH GENERAL MOTORS, GM USED TO BE A REPECTED HOUSE HOLD NAME AND INSTITUTION. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO AMERICAN PRODUCTS. NO WONDER CHINA AND JAPAN HAS ALL OUR MONEY, WE REALLY NEED " GOD TO BLESS AMERICA, " I POSTED PREVIOUSLY ON THIS WEBSITE MY SON WARNED ME NOT TO BUY THIS CAR,HE SAID TO A HONDA, UNFORTUNATELY HE IS ALWAYS RIGHT. I'M SO TERRIBLY UPSET. BERNADETTE

MY FUEL REGULATOR WAS RECALLED AND I NEVER RECEIVED A LETTER,ALSO MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND GAS GAUGE IS NOT WORKING. I WAS WONDERING WHY I WAS USING SO MUCH GAS AND MY SON AND MECHANIC REMARKED ABOUT IT,AND SAID "WHAT IS THAT GAS ODOR I SMELL FUMES" I DIDN'T REALIZE TILL I PUT IN SHOP FOR STALLING OUT WHAT THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM WAS. MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS HAVE BOUGHT CHEVROELETS AND BUICKS ,AND CADDILACS FOR OVER 50 YRS, NO WONDER YOUR GETTING A BAD REPUTATION.YOU'VE GONE TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET. I AM VERY UPSET .I GUESS IF YOU DON'T RECTIFY THIS SITUATION ,I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO CONTACT MY ATTORNEY. A DISGRUNTLED CUSTOMER, NOT PROUD TO BUY GM PRODUCTS ANYMORE. BERNADETTE

I too had a faulty gas gauge on my 2006 Envoy Denali. I had it repaired in July by a friend, I paid 600.00 for parts and labor. Befor I had him fix the problem I went to a licensed mechanic and they wanted over 900.00 to fix it.. So what would you do? In oct. I recieved a letter from GM stating they will pay 50/50. I submitted a bill from my friend and GM REFUSE TO PAY because he was not licensed! There was nothing stated that you had to use a licensed mechanic in the letter. I will be taking them to court and I don't want HALF! I want payment in FULL.

I too got letter from GM about faulty fuel level sensor, GM said if car is 120,000 miles or less they'll pay half with a claim form that I need to fill out and send to them from any GM dealership, well I'm over the mileage and was told tough luck, pretty bad when they know a part is bad and has a mileage limit, got a quote of $437 bucks to change part, GM could of gotten half , now they get nothing, funny that they were so eager to sell me a car, but now want to set limitations for replacing what they know are faulty parts, at least Toyota replaced their faulty parts for free, GM, big business greed, U B the judge

Have a top of the line 2007 Tahoe LTZ and the gauge has not worked for over a year now. Found out when ran out of gas twice so fill it every 300 miles to be safe. What a PIA!!
Took it to a dealer and was told that the VIN doesn't show up as being needing a repair so was turned down. Should I contact the district manager??

Back in 1988 on the way to school one day my mom's new Grand Am died. The fuel gauge said she had a half tank of gas. We called the car dealer and had it towed to the shop since she had the car less than a month. They said it ran out of fuel. After that the car never had less than a half a tank of gas.

Great so GM aka (Government Managed) has agreed to fix a know problem with an SUV what about the known problem with one of their best selling cars the Impala and it rear tire issue? They fixed it on their PPV version of the famed sedan what about civilian version and all those consumers that got duped into buy a car with a known wear tire wear issue? I say for shame I may not like the Impala but as a tax payerbas long as that company is inside the American consumer pocket book any problem they create they should fix. Because the American consumer is their finance company

GM admitted fault. Take it to a dealer, when the tech discovers the problem, make sure it's documented, pay the diagnostic fee & decline the repair, get a quote to fix the problem. Sue GM in small claims court for the diagnostic fee, repair costs, & court costs. Screw 50/50.